THE 48 HOUR FILM CHALLENGE
(BULGARIA) 20TH - 26TH SEPT 2004
SPONSORED BY : Students International festival of Film Art
& Supported by :- AMD - ULEAD - BRITISH COUNCIL(Bulgaria) - BRITISH AIRWAYS
THE EVENT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS ,WE HOPE IT HAS KICK STARTED SOME REAL NEW TALENT IN THAT WONDERFUL COUNTRY ,WHERE AGAINST ALL THE ODDS THEY PULLED IT OFF ,,THEY WORKED AS A TEAM AND PULLED THROUGH THE EVENT, WHICH HAS PRODUCED SOME GREAT FILMS WITH NO EXCUSE'S ABOUT LACK OF EQUIPMENT THEY HAD AVAILABLE TO THEM ,
,WE FEEL SO PROUD OF ALL THE TEAMS WHO TOOK PART IN THE EVENT AND FELL IT WAS WORTH ALL THE EFFORT AND TIME IN BULGARIA , WE HOPE OUR EVENT HELPED PROMOTE SOME NEW TALENT FROM THE GREAT COUNTRY ,FOR FUTURE FILM PRODUCTIONS IN BULGARIA .
J.ODDBALL WAS CHALLENGED BY THE BULGARIAN'S TO TAKE PART IN THE EVENT ,WHICH HE DID ,BUT SAID HE WOULD DO IT IN 24 HOURS INSTEAD OF 48 HOURS , HE SAID HE WAS FLYING THE FLAG FOR BRITAIN AS A BRITISH FILM MAKER IN BULGARIA, HE DID IT IN LESS THAN 12 HOURS JUST TO UPSET THE AUSTRIANS AND GERMANS IN THE EVENT WHO SAID IT COULDN'T BE DONE,
WE WILL BE SCREENING JOHNNIE'S FILM WITH ALL THE OTHER FILMS FROM BULGARIA IN A SCREENING EVENT IN LONDON IN THE FOLLOWING MONTHS TO COME ,PLUS WE WILL TRY TO SCREEN JOHNNIES FILM ON UKSCREEN AND ON OUR WEBSITE SOON